How To Install xstdcmap on Fedora 34

xstdcmap is Utility to define standard colormap properties

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xstdcmap on Fedora 34.

What is xstdcmap

The xstdcmap utility can be used to selectively define standard colormap properties. It is intended to be run from a user’s X startup script to create standard colormap definitions in order to facilitate sharing of scarce colormap resources among clients using PseudoColor visuals.

We can use yum or dnf to install xstdcmap on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xstdcmap.

Install xstdcmap on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install xstdcmap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xstdcmap

Install xstdcmap on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install xstdcmap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xstdcmap

How To Uninstall xstdcmap on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the xstdcmap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xstdcmap

xstdcmap Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/xstdcmap
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/72e614744c3b190a764dca5f9b9ad62144eae8
/usr/share/licenses/xstdcmap
/usr/share/licenses/xstdcmap/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xstdcmap.1.gz
/usr/bin/xstdcmap
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/6fd581c1221a10b3146e4310cdac67c9dc0fea
/usr/share/doc/xstdcmap
/usr/share/doc/xstdcmap/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/xstdcmap/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/xstdcmap
/usr/share/licenses/xstdcmap/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/xstdcmap.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xstdcmap on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.